Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Rmyk0-00056q-9I for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:25:40 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from zinan.dashjr.org ([173.242.112.54]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1Rmyjw-00010f-DI for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:25:40 +0000 Received: from ishibashi.localnet (fl-184-4-164-217.dhcp.embarqhsd.net [184.4.164.217]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D36D956068F; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:25:29 +0000 (UTC) From: "Luke-Jr" To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:25:20 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.1.5-gentoo; KDE/4.7.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <1326665394.7032.YahooMailNeo@web121002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1326760227.63298.YahooMailNeo@web121006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4F14C4EF.5070709@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F14C4EF.5070709@gmail.com> X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: CE5A D56A 36CC 69FA E7D2 3558 665F C11D D53E 9583 X-PGP-Key-ID: 665FC11DD53E9583 X-PGP-Keyserver: x-hkp://subkeys.pgp.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201201162125.22141.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1Rmyjw-00010f-DI Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] bitcoin.org SOPA/PIPA blackout X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:25:40 -0000 On Monday, January 16, 2012 7:46:39 PM Alan Reiner wrote: > In response to Jeff and Luke-Jr, I don't see how this is /just any other > poltical issue/. It strikes at the heart of everything Bitcoin is about. Sorry, Bitcoin is not about the same thing to everyone. For me, Bitcoin is about one thing: providing a monetary system for the Tonal number system. Otherwise, it would be merely an interesting project I have no real concern with. To assume everyone has the same interests is a sure-fire way to prevent widescale adoption. If you want Bitcoin to succeed, don't try to impose a single purpose/"about" on everyone using it (which a "blackout" would do). > Barring Bitcoin-specific legislation, I don't see how any legislation > could be more relevant to Bitcoin and the community around it. Bitcoin is an innovative new currency. How is a bill on internet censorship (which is badly needed, even if not in the form of SOPA/PIPA) directly relevant? I don't think it is.